Real Estate and Urban Land Economics

The undergraduate program in real estate provides concentrated course work in all aspects of the real estate enterprise. The program is nationally renowned for its ability to develop real estate professionals with superb analytical skills. Many of the graduates of the program go on to work as managers of and advisers to pension funds, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, and investment banks. Other graduates of the program go on to take public and private industry jobs in real estate development, appraisal, corporate real estate asset management, and real estate analysis. For detailed course descriptions, please consult the Undergraduate Catalog.

1. Admission to the School of Business
2. Real Est 306 The Real Estate Process, 3 cr
3. Real Est 312 Real Estate Law, 3 cr
4. Real Est 410 Real Estate Finance, 3 cr
5. Real Est 415 Valuation of Real Estate, 3 cr
6. Real Est 420 Urban and Regional Economics, 3 cr
7. Real Est 611 Residential Property Development, 3 cr

Real Est 306 is required for and should be taken prior to taking Real Est 410, Real Est 415 and Real Est 611. Students are strongly encouraged to take Real Est 306 before taking Real Est 312.

Students are advised to take Real Est 415 before taking Real Est 410 or in the same term. Students are strongly discouraged from taking Real Est 415 after Real Est 410.

Real Est 410 and Real Est 415 are required for Real Est 611. Real Est 611 is the capstone course of the program and should be taken last.

In addition, undergraduate students are welcome to take additional electives from among the following real estate and related courses within the School of Business.

REAL ESTATE ELECTIVES

• Real Est 399 Readings and Research — Urban Land Economics, 3 cr
• Real Est 430 International Real Estate, 3 cr
• Real Est 631 Computer Applications in Real Estate Analysis, 3 cr

RELATED COURSES

• Finance 305 Financial Markets, Institutions and Economic Activity, 3 cr
• Finance 320 Investment Theory, 3 cr
• OTM 578 Facilities Location Models, 3 cr
• OTM 444 Economics of Transportation, 3 cr

Graduate-level courses in real estate may be taken with consent of instructor providing all undergraduate real estate courses have been completed with a grade of B or better.

Recommended Electives

Electives may also be selected outside the business-economics core from among a number of courses elsewhere in the university, which will provide greater professional awareness and more specialized tools.

• Envir St 325 Analysis of the Physical Environment, 4 cr
• Envir St 575 Assessment of Environmental Impact, 3 cr
• Land Arc 250 Survey of Landscape Architecture Design, 3 cr
• Land Arc 451 Open Space Planning and Design, 2 cr
• Soil Sci 301 General Soil Science, 4 cr
• Soil Sci 315 Soil Science for Land Use Planning, 3 cr
• Civ Engr 340 Structural Analysis I, 3 cr
• Art Hist 368 American Architecture: the 19th Century, 3 cr
• Art Hist 369 American Architecture: the 20th Century, 3 cr
• Geog 377 An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, 3 cr
• Urb R Pl 305 Introduction to the City, 4 cr
• Urb R Pl 463 Evolution of American Planning, 3 cr